Are we college football fans creepy or what? We fawn over the whims of 17 year-old boys as they decide which institution of higher learning they will commit to (hoping it’s ours!), watch their every move for three to four years (or, in the case of Todd Boeckman, seven or eight (I know, they’re called doctors)). Then, after all they’ve done, after they’ve entertained us, made us laugh and cry, we dissect them in the most inhuman way possible (AKA the NFL Combine). So let’s throw in another way we can be creepy (maybe creepy is too harsh a word. Either way, it’s a little strange) by following our favorite Buckeyes on Twitter.
Twitter has been around for a while now, but let’s be honest: it didn’t get interesting until the Big Aristotle started tweeting. Since then, athletes have been one of the reasons Twitter has become interesting and mainstream. I’m not saying the following Buckeye Tweeters are interesting, but some most certainly are. There are times when I don’t understand a word these kids are saying. Seriously, can’t understand a word. Sometimes, their insights and thoughts are rather deep and provoking. It’s interesting to see how the other half lives. Also: athletes nap A LOT.
With that in mind, here are the following Buckeyes you can follow (with mixed results) on Twitter. As far as I can tell, these guys are who they say they are:
Current Football Players:
Thaddeus Maximus (who happens to be following John McCain, Oprah and Kevin Rose, FWIW)
Rob Rose Jr.
Ray Small
Michael Brewster
Brian Rolle
Jack Mewhort
Jermale Hines
Andrew Sweat
Kurt Coleman
Keith Wells
Jake McQuaide
Duron Carter
Chimdi Chekwa
Former Buckeye Football Players:
Antonio Pittman
Curtis Terry
Chris Beanie Wells
Roy Hall Jr.
Donte Whitner
Troy Smith
Dee Miller
Ted Ginn Jr.
Rob Sims
A.J. Trapasso
Nate Clements
Nick Mangold
Maurice wells
Maurice Hall
Matt Keller
Santonio Holmes
Current Ohio State Basketball Players:
Jon Diebler
Dave Lighty
Evan Turner
Dallas Lauderdale
Mark Titus
Former Ohio State Basketball Players:
Daequan Cook
Mike Conley
Ron Lewis
Jay Sullinger
Jim Jackson
Ron Stokes
Jamar Butler
Je’Kel Foster
Future Buckeyes:
Jared Sullinger
Christian Bryant
So there you have it. Lots of Twittering Buckeyes. This post will eventually become a static page that will be updated as more Twitter accounts become available, but this is the first draft. If we’re missing someone that you know is on Twitter, please leave us a comment.
Also, just to do a little self-promoting, a few of us at MotSaG are on Twitter. I’m i_aint_yer_pa, sportsMonkey is monkeyPi, and YNBA is teamyzerman. Are you on Twitter? Let us know who you are!
Fantastic resource, thanks for putting this together.
I’ve added some from your list to our Buckeye list — keeping up gets quite difficult:
http://twitter.com/elevenwarriors/buckeyes
Good work y’all. This more than makes up for the both of you unfollowing my liberal heathen behind 😉 FWIW: the Diebler account was/is a fake and the Carter may merit a caveat emptor, as he’s said in the past he’d reject anyone following him who appeared to be a Buckeyes fan.
@Jason – Good idea on the Twitter list. I hadn’t thought of that one, that will be a good one to follow.
(I’ve already updated the list, adding Je’Kel Foster)
@Luke – I do remember seeing Diebler mentioning his account was hacked. I’ll add a note to that effect. I also remember the dust up with Duron and his followers after he got in trouble and I was this close to @replying him with something like “don’t do stupid things and you won’t get in trouble” but I decided not to sound like an old codger.
And I feel terrible about unfollowing anyone, let alone a fellow Buckeye blogger, but I don’t remember unfollowing anyone named Luke. I purged my following list a while back and didn’t mean it. Remind me again what your Twitter name is 🙂